Microsoft’s research did find our abilities to multitask have improved.

"While digital lifestyles decrease sustained attention overall, it’s only true in the long-term. Early adopters and heavy social media user’s front load their attention and have more intermittent bursts of high attention,” the study read.

"They’re better at identifying what they want/don’t want to engage with and need less to process and commit things to memory."

So what can you do to improve your attention span? That’s easy here are 5 simple things you can do to help.